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Justus van Bentum: The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory  wikidata:Q109895459 reasonator:Q109895459
Artist
Justus van Bentum  (1670–1727)  wikidata:Q18508445
 
Alternative names
Justus Gustav van Bentum
Description Dutch painter
Date of birth/death 1670 Edit this at Wikidata 1727 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Leiden Leiden
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artist QS:P170,Q18508445
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Title
The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory
label QS:Len,"The Explosion in the Alchemist’s Laboratory"
label QS:Lde,"Die Explosion im Labor des Alchemisten"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre genre art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
A white bearded man raises his hands as his chemical apparatus explodes, illuminating his face, the laboratory furnace, rafters and apparatus around him, the woman to his right, bent sideways and with hand raised to shield her face, and a child holding her skirt.
Date between 1680 and 1727
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1727-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 46.2 in (117.4 cm) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 37.5 in (95.2 cm) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+46.25U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,+37.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q5090408
Accession number
FA 2000.001.285 (Science History Institute) Edit this at Wikidata
Exhibition history
  • Pittsburgh Corporations Collection. Carnegie Institute. Oct. 25, 1975 - Jan. 4, 1976, Cat. No. 18.
  • The Fisher Collection at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia PA, December 13, 1972 to March 4, 1973 nr. 2 ill. 6.
Credit line given by Fisher Scientific International, Science History Institute.
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Signature:

J. G. van Bentum
on pot in foreground
Notes Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative.
References
  • Lennep, Jacques van (1985) Alchimie: contribution á l'histoire de l'art alchimique (2nd ed.), City of Brussels: Crèdit Communal, p. 365
  • Berolzheimer, D.D. (1942). "Alchemical and Historical Reproductions". Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 34 (7): 838.
Source/Photographer Science History Institute, Will Brown.

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